Example sentences of "[prep] [adj] [det] [subord] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Again most of these stars are red , with spectral types of M , R , N or S. Their amplitudes are less than for the Mira stars , and usually amount to little more than a magnitude . |
| 32 | Although this amounted to little more than a restatement of previously-agreed policies , including the Clean Air Act of 1990 [ see ED no 41/42 ] and the planned phase-out of chlorofluorocarbons , it did for the first time set a tentative target , suggesting that emissions of greenhouse gases in the year 2000 would be " equal to 1987 levels " . |
| 33 | Now that the two have fallen out , over maintaining a single currency and unified armed forces , the successor to the Soviet Union has dwindled to little more than a name . |
| 34 | This amounted to little more than a regrading of established Yorkist bureaucrats , and the same can be said of the exchequer , where the office of treasurer , left empty by the death of the earl of Essex , was filled by the earl 's former deputy John Wood . |
| 35 | This amounted to little more than a regrading of established Yorkist bureaucrats , and the same can be said of the exchequer , where the office of treasurer , left empty by the death of the earl of Essex , was filled by the earl 's former deputy John Wood . |
| 36 | It fears that the ¥200 billion school project will amount to little more than a bail-out of struggling Japanese computer makers — such as NEC , which made its first ever consolidated loss , of ¥44 billion , in the year to March . |
| 37 | While some contributions amount to little more than a description of manufacturers ' software , others delve into the concepts and methodologies . |
| 38 | Noreen 's role had diminished to little more than a chaperone for Maria . |
| 39 | The certificate on form R190(SD) must be completed but this can be done at any time and amounts to little more than a claim procedure . |
| 40 | But what I will say , " she added , her voice falling to little more than a whisper , " is that if that person does not step forward , it will go badly for all of you . |
| 41 | The further diminution of the role of gold amounted , then , to little more than a recognition of the existing situation . |
| 42 | As the hours wore on , the sun became increasing hot , and the wind died to little more than a murmur . |
| 43 | A first glance at the Corrado suggests that the stubby , two-plus-very-small-two coupe is one of the least practical cars on the market , particularly as the compact dimensions also limit luggage accommodation to little more than a week 's family shopping . |
| 44 | But , thanks to a combination of high interest rates on traditional deposit accounts over much of this period , coupled to a distinct lack of publicity for SAYE , it has been relegated to little more than a footnote in the long list of savings options . |
| 45 | You had put on much more than a dress , there was such a vivid aura of theatre and drama surrounding it . |
| 46 | But Birch is a modest man , despite his immodest ideas , and would not see his book as any more than a starter . |
| 47 | But you must have , you know , do n't ramble on about the same thing , right , cos , for , for , for any more than a couple of sentences , cos then , you know , you c start entering into sort of diminishing marginal returns very , very quickly on these short answer questions , what you want to , do is sort of say a sentence about as much as you can rather than go into in depth discussion about erm , any particular aspect . |
| 48 | By 1958 more than a quarter of consumers had electric water heating ( compared with an eighth on nationalisation ) and water heaters accounted for about a quarter of all domestic electricity sales . |
| 49 | By 1982 less than a quarter of the area had revegetated ; the remainder is bare peat , clays or exposed shale and rock from which the peat cover has been burnt off . |